Three Beaumont board members voted to block a vote to reconsider the merger, sources said. It was unclear how many of Beaumont's 20 directors were present at the meeting. Crain's was unable to determine whom the clinical service chiefs represent.

On the move

Jean Meyer

• Jean Meyerwas named interim president and CEO of Warren-based St. John Providence Health System. She was president of hospital operations and executive vice president of the system. Patricia Maryland, outgoing president and CEO, will become president of health care operations and COO for St. Louis-based Ascension Health on July 1.

• Troy-based Flagstar Bancorp Inc. announced that Alessandro DiNellohas been appointed president and CEO of the bank holding company and CEO of its subsidiary, Flagstar Bank. In both positions, DiNello, who has been president of the bank since December, replaces Michael Tierney, who will resume his former role of executive vice president of personal financial services.

• Ananias Diokno, M.D., Beaumont Health System's executive vice president and chief medical officer, will step down from administrative duties June 1 and retire Sept. 1. Diokno, Beaumont's CMO since 2006, will be succeeded by David Wood, M.D., president of Beaumont Physician Partners, the Royal Oak health system's administrative group for hospital-physician relations.

• Sean Burke, a veteran retail broker with national experience, has been hired by Bedrock Real Estate Services, the real estate arm of Dan Gilbert's Rock Ventures LLC, as senior vice president of leasing. A native of Detroit, Burke was vice president of Philadelphia-based retail brokerage firm McDevitt Co.

• Ara Topouzianwas named CEO of the Troy Chamber of Commerce. He had been Novi's economic development director and is the former president and CEO of the Farmington/Farmington Hills Chamber of Commerce.

• James Lentiniwas appointed senior vice president for academic affairs and provost of Oakland University, effective July 8, pending formal approval by OU trustees. Lentini, dean of the School of Creative Arts at Miami University in Ohio since 2007, replaces Virinder Moudgil, who left last year to become president of Lawrence Technological University.

• Cincinnati Police Chief James Craigsaid he will take over the Detroit Police Department by July 1, the AP reported. Craig, who got his policing start in Detroit in 1977, will replace Ralph Godbee, who stepped down in October after details surfaced of a sexual relationship with a subordinate. Chester Logan was appointed as interim chief.

Company news

Courtesy Papa Joe's Gourmet Market & Catering L.L.C.

A rendering of the Papa Joe's in the First National Building in downtown Detroit.

• In addition to the tri-level grocery store planned for the First National Building, Papa Joe's Gourmet Market & Catering LLCplans to open a 9,000-square-foot Papa Joe's Gourmet Market inside the Renaissance Center.Papa Joe's founder Tony Curtis said the focus of the Renaissance Center location will be on prepared foods, featuring pizza, pasta, Thai, sushi, cheese, charcuterie and a bakery, as well as a sit-down area.

• Architectural firm Rossettiwill move its 60 employees into 13,000 square feet in the 176,000-square-foot Federal Reserve building at 160 Fort St. starting in July, Dan Gilbert's Rock Ventures LLC announced. Rossetti has been hired to redesign the currently vacant Federal Reserve building, which Gilbert purchased for $950,000 in 2012.

• General Motors Co. said it will spend $100 million to build a data center in Milford as part of a reorganization of information technology operations. The center is expected to open in July 2014.

• A federal judge ordered Midland-based Dow Chemical Co.to pay $1.21 billion in damages after it lost a class-action lawsuit that accused it of conspiring to fix prices, the AP reported. Dow said it will appeal.

• Highland Park-based marketing and distribution-services company Budco Holdings Inc.said it acquired Treasure Island, Fla.-based South Shore Venture Enterprises LLC, which specializes in direct marketing to senior citizens. Specific financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal was characterized by Budco as being for less than $20 million.

• Ann Arbor-based Tecumseh Products Co., two business units of Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. and a division of Danish parts supplier group Danfoss A/Swill pay about $41 million combined to settle their portions of a Detroit civil lawsuit alleging price-fixing in the sales of compressors.

• The Detroit Tigers' Comerica Park has generated $7.8 million of brand exposure for Dallas-based Comerica Bank during the first six weeks of the Major League Baseball season — fifth among the 19 baseball stadiums with corporate names — according to data from Ann Arbor-based Joyce Julius & Associates Inc.

• Detroit-based Ally Financial Inc. moved closer to repaying its government bailout as the auto lender reached agreement with creditors of its bankrupt mortgage unit.

• Total revenue for Detroit's three casinos was down 2.7 percent in April compared with the same month of 2012 and was down 10.9 percent from March of this year. The casinos generated $9.7 million in gaming taxes in April, down from $10.9 million in March and down from $10 million during April 2013.

Other news

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing

• On June 3, Detroit-based nonprofit Hatch Detroitwill begin accepting entries from aspiring entrepreneurs who want to open a retail location in the city. The winner of the Hatch Detroit Contest will walk away with $50,000 plus consulting services to help start a business. To enter, visit www.hatchdetroit.com and click on "2013 Contest."

• Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced he will not seek a second full term in office but will explore a bid for Wayne County executive.

• Roy Roberts, the state-appointed emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools, has decided to postpone his plans to step down by up to six months, Gov. Rick Snyder said. Roberts announced earlier this month that he would leave when his contract expired May 16.

• Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick requested in Detroit federal court that a judge throw out his corruption conviction, claiming he was the victim of media bias. He said he also filed a complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission against lawyer James Thomas.

• Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told the Detroit City Council Friday that it's time for his movement to join others to invest in the city where it was founded more than 80 years ago, the AP reported. Farrakhan said the Chicago-based Nation of Islam has "to come home and help this city."

• Wayne County hosted the National Organization of Black County Officials' 29th annual economic development conference May 15-19 at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman were keynote speakers.

• Eighteen people and 15 local companies, mostly in Wayne and Oakland counties, were tied last week to $49 million in alleged false claims to Medicare for various medical services following a nationwide "takedown" in eight cities by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force.

• AAA Michiganwill donate $23,500 to the Detroit Public Safety Foundation to pay for the inspection of 20 aerial ladders and 4,600 feet of ground ladders for the Detroit Fire Department. Inspections are required to keep the fire department in compliance with standards of the National Fire Protection Association.

• The University of Michigan board of regents approved a $13.5 million field hockey stadium and team center, along with other athletic department projects, the school said.

• Officials said no one was injured Friday when someone apparently threw a Molotov cocktail at the Grosse Pointe Park home of Gary Van Elslander, president of Warren-based Art Van Furniture Corp. Police told Van Elslander that a suspect was in custody, an Art Van spokesman told the Detroit Free Press.

Obituaries

• Jerry Luptak, longtime attorney, developer and partner at Farmington Hills-based Beztak Co., died May 7. He was 90.

• William Phillips, founder and chairman of Livonia-based Phillips Service Industries Inc., died May 9. He was 79.